Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · directed by Sergei Eisenstein
- Rating
- 85/100
- Hit
- yes
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across…
Cast
- Nikolai Cherkasov
- Serafima Birman
- Pavel Kadochnikov
- Mikhail Zharov
- Amvrosii Buchma
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Mikhail Kuznetsov
- Alexander Mgebrov
- Andrei Abrikosov
- Vladimir Balashov
Crew
- Andrey Moskvin — Director of Photography
- Eduard Tisse — Director of Photography
- Esfir Tobak — Editor
- Sergei Prokofiev — Original Music Composer
- Sergei Eisenstein — Writer
More from Sergei Eisenstein
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) — 86/100 · hit
- Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) — 85/100 · hit
- Strike (1925) — 85/100 · hit
- October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) — 80/100 · hit
- Alexander Nevsky (1938) — 80/100 · hit
- ¡Qué Viva México! (1979) — 71/100
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